Topics in the News: Mideast
Sarah Palin on Foreign Policy
: Sep 24, 2008
Would not second guess Israel if they attack Iran
Q: What if Israel attacked Iran?A: We shouldn’t second guess Israel’s security efforts because we cannot ever afford to send a message that we would allow a second Holocaust, for one.
Israel has got to have the opportunity and the ability to protect itself. They are our closest ally in the Mideast. We need them. They need us.
We don’t have to second-guess what their efforts would be if they believe that it is in their best interests to fight against a regime, especially Iran, who would seek to wipe them off the face of the earth.
It is obvious to me who the good guys are in this one and who the bad guys are. The bad guys are the ones who say Israel is a stinking corpse and should be wiped off the face of the earth. That’s not a good guy who is saying that.
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Source: 2008 CBS News presidential interview with Katie Couric
Barack Obama on Energy & Oil
: Mar 14, 2007
Stop sending $800M a day to Mideast dictators for oil
We can stop sending $800 million a day to Middle East dictators for oil that’s a danger to our planet and a drag on our economy, and we can start using renewable fuels that are grown right in Iowa and Illinois, and we can help our car companies use
technology we already have to start churning our cars that use less oil. But none of this will come to pass until we do what everyone in this room knows what we must do and end this war in Iraq.
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Source: 2007 IAFF Presidential Forum in Washington DC
Donald Trump on War & Peace
: Jul 2, 2000
Support Israel, our unsinkable Mideast aircraft carrier
The U.S. must continue to nurture and safeguard our special relationship with the state of Israel. This relationship must remain the cornerstone of our policy tactics through the entire Middle-East region,
as it has been for administrations of both parties for more than half a century.Why do we have this special relationship? It is not out of charity, guilt, or what some call “ethnic lobbies.”
We have been there for Israel because Israel is there for us. Israel is a stable democracy in a region filled with dictatorship.
As Israel has matured, our close ties also bring America a fair trading partner and a fellow pioneer
on the high-tech frontier of medicine and communications that will enrich Americans’ lives in the coming century. Our two countries must continue to stand strong together as pillars of freedom and progress.
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Source: The America We Deserve, by Donald Trump, p.132-33